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After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Lot 467

After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)

Etoile polychrome

Closed6 November 2013

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USD 155,000

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After a design by Fernand Leger (1881-1955)
Etoile polychrome
with signature and mark of the Frères Pinton atelier 'F. LEGER.' (in the weave lower left)
hand-woven Aubusson wool tapestry
70 7/8 x 92 7/8 in. (181 x 235.5 cm.)
Executed by the Pinton Frères atelier circa 1953

Jane Kahan Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, April 1999.

Specialist note

The present work was based on the 1937 painting Nature morte fond bleu (Bauquier, no. 930).